A day for Gratitude

Today I am grateful

I am grateful for the blue in the sky and the white in the clouds

I am grateful for how they look like cotton fields for god's clothing

I am grateful for the birds, their hop step and for their soaring

I am grateful for their chirp and squawk and tweet, their gathering of things,

their nest buildings

I am grateful for the bees, their buzzing

how they nestle in each flower, collecting

I am grateful for the life they bring

Today I am grateful for the breeze, the sunshine, and the trees

I am grateful for the greens, and yellows, especially the fuchsia flowerings

I am grateful for reds and browns, for the sturdiness of the ground

I am grateful for the rocks

they remind me more than anything else that I too am strong

I am grateful for the strength that hides within me

in this body that is so soft, so fleeting, I can do anything

With gratitude in my heart I fly high, for I too am a bird, a bee

I am a flower bloomed, not yet wilting

I am a rock, something sturdy

Today I am grateful, for my heart is full of life's beauty